Heading into the season, many wondered how the Yankees would fill the Alex Rodriguez-sized hole at third base. Yangervis Solarte quickly answered the call to arms.

Solarte provided his latest pinstripe-engendering feat Thursday night, fielding a hard-hit groundball from the Rays' Sean Rodriguez, stepping on third base and wheeling the ball to second, starting a 5-4-3 triple play.

The triple play happened in the second inning as Tampa Bay was trying to cut into the Yankees' 4-0 lead. It is the first triple play of the 2014 season and first for the Yankees since last April. CC Sabathia, Thursday's starter, has been on the mound each time.

.@CC_Sabathia has been on the mound for all three of the @Yankees' most recent triple plays - 2010, 2013 and 2014.

More than anything, it's the latest sign the Yankees may have found a solution at third base. In addition to his hot glove, Solarte, 26, is hitting .373/.448/.569 with nine runs batted in. It's small-sample-size theatre time across Major League Baseball, so perhaps we shouldn't go around throwing words like "Legend" around just yet.